Building strip



Oct. 24,` 1933. A, rE F, MOONE 1,931,554-

BUILDING STRI P Filed March v4, 1931 Patented Oct.. 24, 1933 r'rsN-T orifice BUILDING STRIP Albert E. FL Moonc, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Lelion Company, Chicago, lll., a corporation of Illinois Application March 4, 1931. serial No. 519,987

3Claims.

This invention relates to building strips and has been illustrated as embodied in strips of sid` ing intended to present the appearance of a brick wall. According to .the invention a continuous web having been saturated with asphalt may be surfaced with a granular material of one color and then printed or painted with a definite design as in imitation of brick outlines, the design being surfaced with another granular material of a different color. In the example shown and described the usual surfacing is with a brick color, such as red, and the design is in black outlining two rows of bricks and providing markers for indicating the proper position for an overlying strip. The strip is cut exactly on the edge of the design so as to give the best appearance when laid. i

Several objects are accomplished by this invention, and a strip is provided which not only is cheaper to produce, but also is cheaper to handle and" lay than other strips having the same purpose. Former strips made in imitation of bricks have had only one row of bricks with the result that it was necessary to lay twice as many strips in order to cover the roof, even if the strip lengths were the same. According to the present invention, the covering is more durable in spite vo using fewer strips because there is a double thickness of material at all points. lin the prior practice the vertical lines between the bricks were formed by cutting out that portion oi the strip. The result was that although the overlying strip made a second thickness at the position ci the brick, there was only one thickI ness at the position oi the cut between the bricks. Strips rnade in accordance with this invention are stronger than the former strips because there and no downwardly projecting tabs and corners which are obviously more easily caught and bent up or torn ofi.' On account of these advantages it is possible to make a siding of a lighter weight felt than was formerly desirable and still have the finished product more strong and durable than before. According 'to another feature of the invention, the design includes markers which indicate the properl position for an overlying strip. This not only facilitates and quickens the laying of the strips, but insures a proper appearance of the finished wall.

With these and'v various other objects in view, the invention may consist of certain novel features of construction and operation, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the specication, drawing and claims appended hereto.

Figure 3 is a cross-section of Figure 2 taken along the line 3 3; and

Figure 4 isa. view illustrating an assembled siding composed of numerous strips such as shown in Figure 2, properly laid in overlapping relation.

Although my invention may take many forms, only one hasbeen chosen for illustration. This is best shown in Figures 2 and 3 showing a single strip lo. This strip comprises a base 12v of felt saturated with asphalt or the like and preferably additionally coated with asphalt forming a layer la on at least one side. imbedded in the layer le is a granular material 16 which may desirably be slate of a brick color, such as red. Painted or printed over the layer 16 is a coating of asphalt i8 which forms a design as shown in Figure 2. The asphalt of the design 18 is surfaced with a dierently colored granular material 19 which may be nely crushed slag. The asphalt coating iii is not merely applied only to the granular layer 16, but also penetrates and fuses to thev layer lli of asphalt.

As illustrated clearly in Figure 2 the design may desiraoly comprise the outlines of two rows oi bricks, or speaking more exactly, it may comprise the area which would normally constitute the spaces between and around the bricks in two rows. The design also includes the projections or markers 2c which extend above the second row oi imitation bricks inthe position o1? the vertical spacing for a third row of bricks. These markers 2d are very useful in laying the strips on a wall. @icourse any other number of rows obricks may be simulated if desired, and the proportions of the strips may be changed. One advantage of this manner ci cutting is that the length of the strips is not limited to the width of' the web. By making the strips longer, fewer need be laid.

The strips are laid as shown in Figure e, with first a bottom row and'then with each succeeding row covering theupper' line of the design and laid with its righthand end just meeting one of the markers 2-0 of the row beneath. This results in having the brick'images of the upper strip properly staggered with relation to the brick images of the lower strip.

It is obviously desirable that the edges of the the design. To accomplish this result the transverse cuts 22 are first made in the web at the' time of printing after the initial surfacing, and in fact with the printing roller, so that there is no chance of the cuts not being in the right position with respect to the design. As shown in Figure l these cuts are arranged in staggered relation and each out is preferably interrupted at its center so that the web may be drawn along in the usual manner as if not cut. After the material has again been surfaced and cooled, the longitudinal slitting along the dotted line 24 is performed in the usual way, there being no dimcultyin properly aligning the longitudinal cuts. l

The above described process for manufacturing and cutting these strips is more fully disclosed and is claimed in my co-pending application Serial Number 511,696, led January 28th, 1931, entitled Process and apparatus for making building strips.

llt is to be understood that many other embodiments of the invention, including some in improved form, will be apparent, and in the course of time more will be devised by those skilled in the art. It is not desired that this invention be limited to the details described, for its scope includes all such forms or improvements as come Within the spirit of the following claims, construed as broadly as the prior art will permit. Especially it should be realized that as to some aspects of the invention any desired design may be used and that the particular colors used are utterly immaterial so long as there is a contrast.

What is claimed is:

l. Articial bricl: and mortar simulating siding, including: a plurality of overlapping strips; each co'mprising a saturated and coated base completely covered on one side with a brick simulating granular surfacing material.A which latter is covered with a granulated surfacing material of contrasting color adhered thereto along a design simulating mortar joining the bricks by an adhesive layer; each strip being of uniform contour free of weakening indentations;l and being underlapped 'through part of its height by the strip therebelow and being overlapped through approximately the rest of its height only by the.st rip thereabove to provide uniform two-thickness coverage, the design on each shingle being extended into the overlap region to provide markers therefor of a color contrasting the color of the first named surface; said design representing the spaces between and surrounding bricks, the lower half of the strip including the simulation of the same number of horizontal spacing lines as of horizontal brick rows, and the upper half including a vertically extending portion of the design which is arranged as aguide for staggering the strips and for that purpose is located at a position coinciding with the vertical edge of a properly staggered strip.

3. Artificial brick and mortar simulating siding including: a plurality of overlapping strips; each comprising a saturated and coated base completely covered on one side with a brick simulating granular surfacing material, which latter is covered with a granulated surfacing material of contrasting color adhered thereto along a design simulating mortar joining the bricks by a adhesive layer; each strip being of uniform co tour free of weakening indentations; and being underlapped through part of its height bythe strip therebelow and being overlapped through approximately the rest of its height only, by the strip thereabove to provide uniform two-thickness coverage.

ALBERT E. F. MOONE. 

